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Joseph Bradish's Block Island Pirate Loot: Legend vs Record
A mutinous London ship, four sealed bags and a governor with a long memory. Here's what the record says about Bradish's loot, and where Block Island fits.
French Payroll Gold near Minerva, Ohio: Legend, Clues and Searches
Ten French soldiers, a string of packhorses and a payroll buried in a hurry. Here's what Ohio's Minerva legend says, what history backs up, and why the gold has never turned up.
The Lost Colony of Roanoke: North Carolina's Vanished Settlers
117 English settlers, one word carved on a post and a mystery that has outlasted four centuries. Here's what's documented about Roanoke's Lost Colony, and what isn't.
The Jersey Devil: New Jersey's Pine Barrens Legend and the 1909 Panic
A cursed thirteenth child, a week of hoofprints in the snow and a kangaroo with glued-on wings. Here's what's known about New Jersey's most famous monster.
Isles of Shoals Pirate Treasure: Quelch, Haley's Silver and Legend
A hanged pirate's gold, a sea captain's silver bars and a Blackbeard honeymoon that doesn't add up. Here's what's real on New Hampshire's Isles of Shoals.
The Swift Silver Mine: Kentucky's Lost Silver Legend
A blind Englishman, a journal full of silver and two centuries of Kentuckians searching the hills for it. The Swift Silver Mine: what the records show, and what's pure legend.
The Spanish Treasure of Dauphin Island: Alabama's Lost Silver
Spanish silver and church relics buried in the dunes, then storms and pirates wiped out the camp. Dauphin Island's treasure legend, checked against its very real raids and hurricanes.
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